1. Kids spend more time in front of a screen (TV, computer, video game, etc) than they spend in ANY other activity besides sleeping.
2. The average US home has the TV on more than 51 hours per week.
3. 81% of children ages 2-7 watch TV alone and unsupervised.
4. An average person will have watched 7-10 years worth of TV by age 70.
5. An average US child will see 360,000 TV commercials before graduating from high school.
6. Saturday morning kids’ shows feature 20-25 violent acts each hour.
7. The average child will see about 8,000 murders depicted on TV before finishing grade school.
8. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends NO TV AT ALL for children younger than 2 years of age and no more than 1-2 hours per day of quality screen time for older children.
Information obtained from Bloomington/Richfield Early Childhood Parent Advisory Council newsletter. February 2012 issue, page 11. For more information, go to www.earlyed.info.
